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RE: Ready for SSTC but need help

Original poster: "Dave Halliday" <dh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I have been meaning to post this but I recently bought Dan's book and it
is flat out __excellent__.

He gives complete schematics for a basic coil including part numbers and
mechanical drawings and then adds a bunch of new ideas from his latest
coil.  Included is a full pSPICE analysis.

I built a few spark gap coils -- one in highschool that I still wince
when I think of the design errors (I'm 54 so that __was__ a while ago
though...) and one good one about fifteen years ago (had some wonderful
communications on FIDO with Richard Quick about design).

I now live on a farm and winters are the time for strange hobbies -- I
had been planning to build a fairly large SG coil but after reading
Dan's book, I'm now making other plans for my potential transformer and
starting to gather parts for this fall's project.

The only heads up is that he sends it via book rate so it will take a
week or so to arrive after your payment.  Don't panic.

Dave



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tesla list [mailto:tesla@xxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 8:49 PM
> To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Ready for SSTC but need help
>
>
> Original poster: Terry Fritz <vardin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> I would very strongly suggest you get Dan's Book!
>
> http://www.easternvoltageresearch.com/sstc_publication.htm
>
> I found it essential to get me going.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Terry
>
>
> At 07:39 PM 7/29/2005, you wrote:
> >Hey All...
> >
> >I have been a strong proponent of Spark Gap Technology for years and
> >I am ready to tackle the SSTC scene.... I have at my disposal some
> >very healthy IGBT's ( 1200V 400A units 8 of them being perfectly
> >matched in specs) along with a very HEALTHY heat sink, snubbers,
> >resistor sets etc..
> >
> >who would you suggest that I go to to read about the most detailed
> >description on building the electronics for the
> >system... especially the gate drivers,
> >the power supply I have can supply... AC up to 293VAC DC up to
> >343 VDC.... as is without voltage doublers.... any help
> would be appreciated.
> >
> >seeing the BIGPIG go SS would be very kewl ( plus I need a new
> >learning experience) no spark gap is even better if I
> >understand SSTC correctly ( seems like SSTC is the way to go to
> >better usage of power) ..
> >
> >any help is accepted and appreciated....
> >
> >
> >Scot D
> >
> >
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